The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1887-01-06

somSumeS through learned menace, and
sometimes through physical distress-aye,
! in ter thousand ways-trouble comes to
/ harass and annoy.
And yet it is unfair to measure d mans life
by his misfortupes, because where there is
one stalk cthight-shade there are fifty mari
Ecl1s and harebells; where there IL one
cloud thunder charged there are hundreds
that stray across the heavens, the glory OK
land and sky asleep In their bosom. Be
cause death came and took your child away,
did yea Immediately forget all the ave
years OF the ten years. ~ the fifteen years,
in which she came every night with kiss,
ell the tones Of your heart pealing forth at
the sound Of her voice or the soft touch Of
her handi Because in some financial Eu.
rocelydon your fortune went into the break
ers, dla you forget all those years ~ Hhicn
the Injuries and sst:ayaganccs of life
showered o. yGur pathways Alas that is
al s5wise man, an unphilosopSic man, and,
most of all. an unchristjan man. who meas
ures his life on earth by groans and tears,
and dyspeptic fit AMI abuse, and scorn, and
neuralgia thrust
Again, remark thGt there ar many poo
pie who estimate thei, NE on earth by the
amount ~ Tionsv they have accumulated.
They say THE year 1865, or 1876, or lSSe
WIS wasted" Why's Made 90 money
Now, it is all cant a;i insncerity to talk
against II ouey as though 1t had no value.
II is rctinCn mt. and education. and ten
thousand hlnssaH surroundings, 4. - the
SPREADING II lhs table that feeds your chill
drer's hunger; il is tn lighting Of the fur
mace that keeps You warm; it is the max
ing Of the bei OIL which You rest from care
and anxiety: 1t is the carrying out ut last
OF you to decent Scpulture. and the put
ting up of the slab, on winch is chiseJ 81 the
story OF your Chrls'iar Rope 1t is simply
hypocrisy til tErtie, III pl.pit ana lecture
hall, against money, as though il had no
uses It IS haa!s. aud feet ana sals ana
ten THOUSAND grand AMI s.Orlous enter
priSes.
But while al, tbs is SO, HI who uses
r:onny. or thinks of money as any thing hut
means To an cGi. Will tni on. his mis-
take when the glittcrilg treasures slip out
of his nerveless grasp. and he gDns out OF
this world without . shilling Of N my or a
certificate of STOCK. I'o might better have
been the Christian rofter thIt opha.i Eis
gate, or tha bagr.ia ID workman Hhu last
night haavCi Cd iT:d his collar Bonds
and mort .gag"' uua leases have their rs.
but the. c!9k' poor yard sticE with 'rhica
TO measure tte. Thay that ho4at them
selves u their '"+iljL, AMI trust on the
Gdltit""' ~ Ia III ricl :, nole of them can
y; any means rete III as brother nor give
to God a ransom for him, that he should
not see 'ofFuI {hh. " Use n1n df, axe
wise the fnal al the htHtl9t person per-
ish, AMI l'9vi their ealth to others"
Sat there are III lny-anl | wish there
Were more ="''o"S;iLnlt their life by then
moral al I s2.r 'Gli d,"rlopn2uf It is not
sinful cgot:siu 70" a CHRISTIAN maH to say;
81 am p.ircr thaI used II be " There IA
no sinful egoti1 IN IN that Il i not ha-a
egOu3!n fof i S"!t!e" u say Il know more
about ml'la'; /" tt IN IN u''t 10 before
TOOK a ii Is; + E'J IA nd AMI learned T.
present ar'E', aud "d"h va b'-' H.
the "fihn$ IA ~ ' y .i' nt'' e. 1'''n
Ior 'a'p' - SAY; - kh'W better now 10
SirW duWA Ia M; Il tjp-Nall tlll l used
70 before ! hid ever seen SNIP And
there Is no sun Il "g"'l im When i Christian
man. hEh'hr N bttt"S c! the Lord. or -
you VIII nav It, s"Fd-i'g '"''d''t' i.
heAref - 81 ''h"' ''&', says: 81 know
mon cNcGt apu.trtai tattIc' and about NoJ-
aging towards II a. n lhdH used to-
Why, ther" ar tnoSa N this presence
who have ma ar ianJeS with many fI1.
and unhorsat II. TAerA are Christian men
here, who have become swarthT By ham
meri29 at the forg If calamity. They
stand Ca an cntrrT different plane OF
chard,t ter iI1m t&at winch they one" otcr-
pied In y ~" Iaa,aurag their life "9
earth by 2o!de"-gdted Sahhaths By pohte-
costnl pra"er i"'atE q; by hmAai".'
tabiea.hy PAP SINAI 1"ht7'h| h2ileilJ'ahS III
'h2 7,nri'' lh''N nave STOOL on 3lhal ana
heard IL tHliad'f; 'h'' nav $1,000 on ms
gan aud I""' o''' mo 'hr frnN'Sea
Liant, III h'I' ,t'nI on C'IT4ry ana
seen tn cross ttH"d ih"y can IKE faul
the \ BG~t.C, NrIte ON 1htlr heaviest trOl-